How We Got to Now With Steven Johnson

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Season 1
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 15, 2014
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
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  1. KstJames_5
    Oct 22, 2014
    10
    We need more shows like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 15, 2014
    80
    It’s an exceedingly watchable history lesson.
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  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 15, 2014
    83
    Fascinating primer (that occasionally begs for more details and explanation).
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Oct 15, 2014
    80
    If Johnson sometimes stretches a point to make a point — the link between public hygiene and competitive skateboarding, say — he is always intriguing and entertaining, his show thought-provoking and compulsively fun to watch.
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